Novak Djokovic of Serbia in action against Jaume Munar of Spain during their second round match at the French Open in Paris yesterday. Pic/Getty Images

Novak Djokovic pleaded with fans and media not to obsess about his injury problems which have sparked a 12-year low in his ranking, hitting back that, "people are starving to death...so let's keep things in perspective." Former World No. 1 Djokovic, 31, won the last of his 12 majors at the 2016 French Open when he became just the eighth man to claim a career Grand Slam. But he is currently down at 22 in the world, his lowest ranking since 2006 when he was just 19 and was still two and half years from his first major at the 2008 Australian Open. An elbow injury forced him out of Wimbledon last year and sidelined him for the rest of 2017. Since his return in January, he has undergone surgery but is still to see a renaissance in his game.